List of 1749 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1749
Date | Event |
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January 3, 1749 | Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. |
January 3, 1749 | The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. |
January 21, 1749 | The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754. |
May 19, 1749 | King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River. |
June 21, 1749 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. |